Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in VirnetX Holding Corp , where a total of 1,627 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 162,700 underlying shares. That amounts to about 68.6% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month of 237,320 shares.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in VirnetX Holding Corp , where a total volume of 2,189 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 218,900 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 72.1% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 303,645 shares.

Investors in VirnetX Holding Corp saw new options begin trading this week, for the June 2018 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 228 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a potential opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in VirnetX Holding Corp , where a total of 2,592 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 259,200 underlying shares. That amounts to about 131.6% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month of 197,035 shares.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in VirnetX Holding Corp , where a total volume of 2,118 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 211,800 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 57.9% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 366,040 shares.

Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in VirnetX Holding Corp , where a total of 1,415 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 141,500 underlying shares. That amounts to about 48.7% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month of 290,645 shares.

Investors in VirnetX Holding Corp saw new options begin trading today, for the August 19th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the VHC options chain for the new August 19th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Investors in VirnetX Holding Corp saw new options begin trading this week, for the May 20th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the VHC options chain for the new May 20th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 12/31/2015 settlement date, which shows a 1,485,615 share decrease in total short interest for VirnetX Holding Corp , to 11,498,442, a decrease of 11.44% since 12/15/2015. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in VirnetX Holding Corp , where a total volume of 1,009 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 100,900 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 50.8% of VHC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 198,610 shares.

The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 07/31/2015 settlement date, and VirnetX Holding Corp is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 55.17 "days to cover" versus the median component at 5.46. There are a number of ways to look at short data, but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.